On-Time Quality Improvement Manual for Long-Term Care Facilities

Table 2.5. Completeness Report Definitions

Column Headers	Definition
Documentation Section	Meal Intake (displays day and evening shift views) Bowels Bladder Behaviors Skin Observations
Week	Displays week ending date for 4 consecutive weeks
Percentages (for each section and each week)	The percentage calculation is the same for each section: The number of times an entry was made for each charting section is counted and then divided by the total number of possible entries for the current week. The value displays as a percentage. The percentages indicate portion of residents on a nursing unit having documentation completed. For example, 99.4 percent meal intake for breakfast means that 99.4 percent of residents on the nursing unit have their meal documentation charted.

Column Headers

Definition

Documentation Section

Meal Intake (displays day and evening shift views)
Bowels
Bladder
Behaviors
Skin Observations

Week

Displays week ending date for 4 consecutive weeks

Percentages (for each section and each week)

The percentage calculation is the same for each section:

The number of times an entry was made for each charting section is counted and then divided by the total number of possible entries for the current week.
The value displays as a percentage.
The percentages indicate portion of residents on a nursing unit having documentation completed. For example, 99.4 percent meal intake for breakfast means that 99.4 percent of residents on the nursing unit have their meal documentation charted.

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Current as of January 2011

Internet Citation: On-Time Quality Improvement Manual for Long-Term Care Facilities: Table 2.5. Completeness Report Definitions. January 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/ontimeqimanual/qimanltab2-5.html